ISPs refuse to shut down Pirate Bay

Re:ISPs refuse to shut down Pirate Bay by keopi on Sunday April 19, 2009 @02:27PM (#569619)

Is it feasible for all the ISPs to be taken to court? I feel like they want to head towards mass censorship.

also, is the computer in that picture running Linux? It looks like a GNOME panel on the bottom of the screen.

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Re:ISPs refuse to shut down Pirate Bay by Zev on Sunday April 19, 2009 @05:00PM (#569798)

I don't think its feasible, but I don't think the people who decided to start suing have realized this quite yet. I doubt these people hold the same beliefs everyone in the organization does, but they are the figureheads and make the decisions. As bad of a strategy as it may be, waiting for a change in leadership might be the best option available.

Also, its just Mac OS X with a lot of icons in the dock.

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Re:ISPs refuse to shut down Pirate Bay by abrahamsen on Monday April 20, 2009 @05:05AM (#570402)

> Is it feasible for all the ISPs to be taken to court?

Yes. And it is much referable from the point of the ISP's, as that way they will avoid legal responsibility. If they start closing the connection to some servers because of illegal content on their own initiative, they increase the risk of being hold legally responsible for allowing access to the content of other servers.

At least one Danish ISP (tele2) has closed for access to Pirate Bay after could order.

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Re:ISPs refuse to shut down Pirate Bay by tsally on Sunday April 19, 2009 @04:34PM (#569767)

I mean, it's not feasible to stop file sharing either, but it hasn't stopped them from trying.

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